Stories, people and ideas that are changing our day-to-day world by Wired UK. The most important, interesting and inspiring news and features on Wired.co.uk<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/american-shoots-drone-in-garden" title="Man arrested for shooting down drone in Kentucky"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/s_v/shutterstock_175611962.jpg" alt="A quadcopter" border="0"/></a><br/><p>A man from Kentucky has been arrested after shooting down an $18,000 drone in his back garden.</p>
<p>William Merideth shot the drone with a short-barrel shotgun after his teenage daughters spotted it flying overhead. He fired three shots at the drone and it then crashed in the woods behind his house, Merideth told the BBC.</p>
<p> </p><p>By: Katie Collins, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/american-shoots-drone-in-garden" title="Man arrested for shooting down drone in Kentucky">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/american-shoots-drone-in-gardenhttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/american-shoots-drone-in-garden
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:53:15 +0100Man arrested for shooting down drone in KentuckyKatie Collins<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/harry-potter-troll-movie" title="New 'Harry Potter' movie Trolls fans"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/s_v/Troll_1_1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Good news: there's a new <em>Harry Potter</em> movie and TV series in the works! Bad news: it is in no way the Harry Potter that you're thinking of.</p>
<p>In 1986, director John Carl Buechler released <em>Troll</em>, a low budget urban fantasy that's since gone on to become something of a cult hit. The movie centred on a young boy's quest to save his sister after she becomes possessed by a troll (who is also an ancient wizard, obviously). The boy's name? Harry Potter, Jr.</p>
<p>It's this character that will be at the centre of the upcoming <em>Troll: The Rise of Harry Potter, Jr.</em>, a 3D animated movie that revives the 80s film. It will be produced by SC Films International, with a TV series preceding the cinematic outing.</p><p>By: Matt Kamen, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/harry-potter-troll-movie" title="New 'Harry Potter' movie Trolls fans">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/harry-potter-troll-moviehttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/harry-potter-troll-movie
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:33:10 +0100New 'Harry Potter' movie Trolls fansMatt Kamen<a href="/wired-insider/2015/august-top-4" title="WIRED Insider: August Top 4"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/a_c/Balmain1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="/wired-insider/2015/august-top-4/viewgallery#!image-number=2" title="WIRED Insider: August Top 4"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/s_v/Thule11.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="/wired-insider/2015/august-top-4/viewgallery#!image-number=3" title="WIRED Insider: August Top 4"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/s_v/Thule33.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="/wired-insider/2015/august-top-4/viewgallery#!image-number=4" title="WIRED Insider: August Top 4"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/s_v/Thule22.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="/wired-insider/2015/august-top-4/viewgallery#!image-number=5" title="WIRED Insider: August Top 4"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/o_r/RubY1_3.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<p>The WIRED Insider got to grips with Summer and found a few hidden gems that she wanted to share with you… Enjoy!</p><p>By: Cleo McGee, </p><a href="/wired-insider/2015/august-top-4" title="WIRED Insider: August Top 4">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-insider/2015/august-top-4http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-insider/2015/august-top-4
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:14:00 +0100WIRED Insider: August Top 4Cleo McGee<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/startup-of-the-week-kinematix" title="Startup of the Week: Kinematix"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/o_r/PAULO1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Portugal-based Paulo Ferrerira dos Santos, 50, founded Kinematix to make devices that could extract detailed data from human movement. One of his first products, called Movinsense, allowed the remote monitoring of patients with chronic diseases such as stroke or arthritis."Nurses often have to make quick decisions based on very incomplete information," dos Santos says."This device allows constant remote monitoring of over 1000 patients."</p><p>By: WIRED.co.uk, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/startup-of-the-week-kinematix" title="Startup of the Week: Kinematix">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/startup-of-the-week-kinematixhttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/startup-of-the-week-kinematix
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:24:44 +0100Startup of the Week: KinematixWIRED.co.uk<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/solar-powered-drone-world-record" title="Solar-powered drone breaks record with 81-hour continuous flight"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/s_v/UAV22.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/solar-powered-drone-world-record/viewgallery#!image-number=2" title="Solar-powered drone breaks record with 81-hour continuous flight"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/s_v/UAV33.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/solar-powered-drone-world-record/viewgallery#!image-number=3" title="Solar-powered drone breaks record with 81-hour continuous flight"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/s_v/UAV44.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<p><span>Solar-powered autonomous UAV AtlantikSolar has broken the world endurance record for UAVs under 50kg -- by flying continuously for 81 hours. It is also the second longest UAV flight ever, behind Airbus Space's 53kg Zephyr 7</span><span>. "</span><span>We had to be extremely energy efficient, as we wanted to fly though the night, so we developed large and efficient batteries that supply that energy while flying in the darkness," says Philipp Oettershagen, 28, one of the engineers behind AtlantikSolar.</span></p><p>By: Madhumita Venkataramanan, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/solar-powered-drone-world-record" title="Solar-powered drone breaks record with 81-hour continuous flight">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/solar-powered-drone-world-recordhttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/solar-powered-drone-world-record
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:32:30 +0100Solar-powered drone breaks record with 81-hour flightMadhumita Venkataramanan<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/ebola-vaccine-100-percent-effective" title="Ebola vaccine proves 100 percent effective in trial"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/d_f/ebola2_1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>A breakthrough Ebola vaccine has proved 100 percent effective in a trial that took place in Guinea and has been called a "game changer" by the World Health Organisation (WHO).</p>
<p>Preliminary results from the trial of the VSV-EBOV vaccine, which was created by the Public Health Agency of Canada and developed by pharmaceutical company Merck, have been published in the <em>Lancet</em>. </p>
<p> </p><p>By: Katie Collins, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/ebola-vaccine-100-percent-effective" title="Ebola vaccine proves 100 percent effective in trial">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/ebola-vaccine-100-percent-effectivehttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/ebola-vaccine-100-percent-effective
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:18:00 +0100Ebola vaccine proves 100 percent effective in trialKatie Collins<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/nvidia-shield-recall-fire-hazard" title="Nvidia recalls 'fire hazard' Shield gaming tablets"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/k_n/nv1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Nvidia's latest entry into the tablet gaming field, the Android-powered Shield has suffered a setback,with the company issuing a safety recall notice on certain models.</p>
<p>The problem is down to the batteries in the tablets, which Nvidia has identified as liable to "overheat and pose a fire hazard".</p><p>By: Matt Kamen, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/nvidia-shield-recall-fire-hazard" title="Nvidia recalls 'fire hazard' Shield gaming tablets">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/nvidia-shield-recall-fire-hazardhttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/nvidia-shield-recall-fire-hazard
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:55:01 +0100Nvidia recalls 'fire hazard' Shield gaming tabletsMatt Kamen<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/samsung-r6-r7-wireless-speakers" title="Samsung R6 and R7 wireless speakers: coolest thing in WIRED's office"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/s_v/ThumbnailsTemplate_1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>WIRED wants to give you a glimpse into the bizarre, interesting and -- frankly -- cool objects, ideas and prototypes that pass through our midst.</p><p>By: WIRED.co.uk, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/samsung-r6-r7-wireless-speakers" title="Samsung R6 and R7 wireless speakers: coolest thing in WIRED's office">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/samsung-r6-r7-wireless-speakershttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/samsung-r6-r7-wireless-speakers
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:32:06 +0100Samsung R6 and R7 speakers: coolest thing in WIRED's officeWIRED.co.uk<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/ghostbusters-no-male-movie" title="No, there won't be a male Ghostbusters movie (yet)"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/g_j/Ghostbusters_2.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Who ya gonna call when it comes to the noble art of busting ghosts? It's official: you call the all-female team of director Paul Feig's upcoming <em>Ghostbusters</em> reboot, as the movie's producer Ivan Reitman has quashed rumours of a new male team also being in development.</p>
<p>Reitman, who also directed 1984's original <em>Ghostbusters</em> and the 1989 sequel, has clarified that Feig's take, which features Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, and Kate McKinnon as the new team, is the only version coming to cinemas.</p><p>By: Matt Kamen, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/ghostbusters-no-male-movie" title="No, there won't be a male Ghostbusters movie (yet)">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/ghostbusters-no-male-moviehttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/ghostbusters-no-male-movie
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:10:44 +0100No, there won't be a male Ghostbusters movie (yet)Matt Kamen<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/windward-on-iran-oil-storage" title="Israeli maritime data startup Windward: Iran's oil storage estimates are wrong"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/o_r/OILTANKERBEN1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Israeli startup Windward is building a global map of every single vessel at sea. Among its uses? Fighting piracy, tracking lost ships, and monitoring the global economy – including nations like Iran and China</p><p>By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/windward-on-iran-oil-storage" title="Israeli maritime data startup Windward: Iran's oil storage estimates are wrong">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/windward-on-iran-oil-storagehttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/windward-on-iran-oil-storage
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:59:21 +0100How much oil is Iran storing? Windward is watchingOliver Franklin-Wallis<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/kim-dotcom-mega-3" title="Kim Dotcom: don't trust Mega... I'm launching Mega 3.0"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/k_n/kim%20dotcom.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p class="p1">Kim Dotcom has warned that the New Zealand government now has covert control of cloud storage service Mega -- so he's going to launch a third iteration of the site.</p>
<p class="p1">The German-born entrepreneur, would-be politician, evader of US law-makers and some time electronica musician made the statements in a wide-ranging interview with Slashdot users. His original hosting service Megaupload had its servers wiped clean before US authorities launched an effort to have him extradited on charges of hosting and encouraging the upload of stolen media. </p><p>By: Liat Clark, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/kim-dotcom-mega-3" title="Kim Dotcom: don't trust Mega... I'm launching Mega 3.0">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/kim-dotcom-mega-3http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/kim-dotcom-mega-3
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:52:56 +0100Kim Dotcom: don't trust Mega... I'm launching Mega 3.0Liat Clark<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/ruby-sexual-health-app" title="Fertility app Glow moves into sexual health with Ruby"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/s_v/shutterstock_63866428.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Makers of fertility app Glow are now getting into the business of general sexual health, with the launch of new app Ruby.</p>
<p>Launched in part by Paypal cofounder Max Levchin in 2013, Glow tracks temperature, hormones and various other data points to help couples pinpoint the best time to try to conceive. In contrast free app Ruby, integrated with Apple's own Health App, is designed to be an educational tool and contraception advice resource. And of course, there's lots of data involved.</p><p>By: Liat Clark, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/ruby-sexual-health-app" title="Fertility app Glow moves into sexual health with Ruby">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/ruby-sexual-health-apphttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/ruby-sexual-health-app
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:51:00 +0100Fertility app Glow moves into sexual health with RubyLiat Clark<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/best-whisky-aged-in-space" title="World's best whisky to be aged in space aboard the ISS"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/w_z/whisky.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>The world's best whisky is being sent to the International Space Station to test the effect of microgravity on the ageing process.</p>
<p>Japanese brewing and distilling company Suntory is sending samples of six of its whiskies into space on board a shuttle departing for the ISS on 16 August. Suntory's Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask was named the best whisky in the world in the 2015 World Whisky Bible.</p><p>By: Katie Collins, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/best-whisky-aged-in-space" title="World's best whisky to be aged in space aboard the ISS">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/best-whisky-aged-in-spacehttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/best-whisky-aged-in-space
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:36:35 +0100World's best whisky to be aged in spaceKatie Collins<a href="/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/firewatch-game" title="Firewatch: How Olly Moss illustrated the year's most beautiful game"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/o_r/parksrecreated.jpg" alt="Firewatch " border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/firewatch-game/viewgallery#!image-number=2" title="Firewatch: How Olly Moss illustrated the year's most beautiful game"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/d_f/Firewatch5_1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/firewatch-game/viewgallery#!image-number=3" title="Firewatch: How Olly Moss illustrated the year's most beautiful game"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/d_f/Firewatch3_1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/firewatch-game/viewgallery#!image-number=4" title="Firewatch: How Olly Moss illustrated the year's most beautiful game"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/d_f/Firewatch1_1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/firewatch-game/viewgallery#!image-number=5" title="Firewatch: How Olly Moss illustrated the year's most beautiful game"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/d_f/Firewatch2_1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<p>Winchester-based artist Olly Moss has built a devoted following for his smart, stylised posters for pop-culture phenomena, from <em>Star Wars</em> to Marvel-commissioned artwork for <em>Thor</em> to the cover of the video game <em>Resistance 3</em>. So when Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin, two of the creative leads on Telltale Games' award-winning <em>The Walking Dead</em>, decided to found a new games studio, they turned to Moss with an idea. </p><p>By: Daniel Nye Griffiths, </p><a href="/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/firewatch-game" title="Firewatch: How Olly Moss illustrated the year's most beautiful game">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/firewatch-gamehttp://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/firewatch-game
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:00:00 +0100'Firewatch' might be 2015's most beautiful gameDaniel Nye Griffiths<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/facebook-aquila-laser-internet-plane" title="Facebook's solar-powered plane will beam the internet everywhere"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/a_c/aquila_line-jpeg.jpg" alt="Aquila" border="0"/></a><br/><p class="p1">Facebook has completed construction of its solar-powered, unmanned aircraft Aquila, designed to deliver radio internet coverage across the globe using lasers. And it's majestic.</p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1">The plane, developed as part of Facebook's Internet.org non-profit, has a wingspan greater than a commercial aircraft, weighs less than a car, and is designed to fly above 60,000ft for up to three months at a time. "I </span>don't think anyone's flown anything for more than 14 days under power," said engineering lead at Facebook's aviation team, Andy Cox.</p><p>By: Liat Clark, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/facebook-aquila-laser-internet-plane" title="Facebook's solar-powered plane will beam the internet everywhere">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/facebook-aquila-laser-internet-planehttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/facebook-aquila-laser-internet-plane
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:47:19 +0100Facebook's solar-powered plane will beam the internet everywhereLiat Clark<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/blue-moon-july-31-time" title="What is a blue moon, and what will it look like?"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/k_n/moon-full.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>This evening will mark the first time since 2012 that a blue moon has appeared in the sky. It sounds like an almost magical phenomenon, but unlike when the Moon turns red during a lunar eclipse, it won't look terribly unusual to the naked eye.</p>
<p>A blue moon, rather than being a visual event, is a reference to those moments when a full moon will appear in the sky twice in one month. Occurrences of blue moons are rare -- hence the idiom "once in a blue moon", which is used to describe an infrequent happening. The next one will not happen until 2018.</p><p>By: Katie Collins, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/blue-moon-july-31-time" title="What is a blue moon, and what will it look like?">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/blue-moon-july-31-timehttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/blue-moon-july-31-time
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:28:56 +0100Rare blue moon set to 'fill the sky'... but what is it?Katie Collins<a href="/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/boiler-room" title="How Boiler Room streams live gigs to more than a million fans worldwide using a webcam"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/a_c/boilerroom.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Taking nightclubs online might seem counterintuitive, but not for Blaise Bellville. In 2010 the Londoner strapped a webcam to a wall in his Dalston studio to stream live sets by his DJ friends. Today, his startup Boiler Room broadcasts 30 gigs a month to more than a million people around the world -- from house in Hackney to LA hip-hop and psych-rock from South Korea. What Boiler Room loses in intimacy, he argues, it more than makes up for in reach. "Suddenly, a kid in Doncaster can access underground grime from London," says Bellville, 30.</p><p>By: Tom Banham, </p><a href="/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/boiler-room" title="How Boiler Room streams live gigs to more than a million fans worldwide using a webcam">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/boiler-roomhttp://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/08/play/boiler-room
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:18:00 +0100How Boiler Room's streamed DJ sets bring live gigs to a million fans at homeTom Banham<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/tesla-self-driving-cars-update" title="Tesla 'autosteer' update will make electric cars self-driving"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/g_j/GettyImages-470284606.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Elon Musk has announced on Twitter that Tesla electric cars will "soon" be updated to steer themselves on motorways.</p><p>By: Michael Rundle, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/tesla-self-driving-cars-update" title="Tesla 'autosteer' update will make electric cars self-driving">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/tesla-self-driving-cars-updatehttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/tesla-self-driving-cars-update
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:39:00 +0100Tesla 'autosteer' update will make electric cars self-drivingMichael Rundle<a href="/news/archive/2015-06/26/harry-potter-play-london-west-end-2016" title="'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' play tickets go on sale this autumn"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/g_j/JK_Rowling.jpg" alt="JK Rowling" border="0"/></a><br/><p>The final <em>Harry Potter</em> novel came out eight years ago but the Boy Who Lived lives on, with news that a new play starring the young wizard will be coming to London's West End next year. Tickets for <em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</em> are due to go on sale this autumn.</p>
<p>JK Rowling herself made the announcement on Twitter, saying "Today is a very special day for two reasons. Firstly, <em>Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone</em> was published in the UK 18 years ago! I'm also very excited to confirm today that a new play called <em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</em> will be opening in London next year."</p><p>By: Matt Kamen, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-06/26/harry-potter-play-london-west-end-2016" title="'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' play tickets go on sale this autumn">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-06/26/harry-potter-play-london-west-end-2016http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-06/26/harry-potter-play-london-west-end-2016
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:22:00 +0100'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' play tickets go on sale this autumnMatt Kamen<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/wired-awake-31-july" title="WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 31 July"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/o_r/pia19833.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Your WIRED.co.uk daily briefing. Today, Nasa finds the closest-ever rocky exoplanet, Facebook unveils its internet.org drone and Windows 10 gets off to a fast start.</p><p>By: WIRED.co.uk, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/31/wired-awake-31-july" title="WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 31 July">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/wired-awake-31-julyhttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/31/wired-awake-31-july
Fri, 31 Jul 2015 05:58:00 +0100WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 31 JulyWIRED.co.uk<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/windows-10-paid-ad-removal-solitaire" title="Windows 10 makes you pay to remove ads from Solitaire"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/w_z/Win10Sol.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>While there are many parts of Windows 10 that we would happily pay for, one that we're sad we have to is classic built-in game, <em>Solitaire</em>.</p>
<p>The single-player card game has been a staple of almost every Windows operating systems since Windows 3.0, way back in 1990. With Windows 10 though, there's a catch -- it crams in ads, including video clips, and the only way to remove them is to pony up some cold, hard, cash.</p><p>By: Matt Kamen, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/windows-10-paid-ad-removal-solitaire" title="Windows 10 makes you pay to remove ads from Solitaire">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/windows-10-paid-ad-removal-solitairehttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/windows-10-paid-ad-removal-solitaire
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:30:00 +0100Windows 10 makes you pay to remove ads from SolitaireMatt Kamen<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/dina-belenko-still-life-photography-space-cookies" title="Outer space depicted in doughnuts and cookies in spellbinding still life photos"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/d_f/dina-2.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/dina-belenko-still-life-photography-space-cookies/viewgallery#!image-number=2" title="Outer space depicted in doughnuts and cookies in spellbinding still life photos"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/d_f/dina-5.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/dina-belenko-still-life-photography-space-cookies/viewgallery#!image-number=3" title="Outer space depicted in doughnuts and cookies in spellbinding still life photos"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/d_f/dina-3.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/dina-belenko-still-life-photography-space-cookies/viewgallery#!image-number=4" title="Outer space depicted in doughnuts and cookies in spellbinding still life photos"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/d_f/dina-4.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/dina-belenko-still-life-photography-space-cookies/viewgallery#!image-number=5" title="Outer space depicted in doughnuts and cookies in spellbinding still life photos"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x620/d_f/dina-1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a>&nbsp;<p>Still-life photographer <a href="https://500px.com/Arken" target="_blank">Dina Belenko</a> has created a mesmerising panorama of snaps showcasing outer space in a most unusual way. No fancy telescopes were used to capture the photographs, but kitchen implements and plenty of flour were.</p>
<p>As well as being about outer space, Belenko, the panorama is about "chocolate cookies, dreams of interstellar flight, coffee, cupcakes and meeting with aliens".</p><p>By: Katie Collins, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/dina-belenko-still-life-photography-space-cookies" title="Outer space depicted in doughnuts and cookies in spellbinding still life photos">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/dina-belenko-still-life-photography-space-cookieshttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/dina-belenko-still-life-photography-space-cookies
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:13:37 +0100Outer space depicted in doughnuts and cookies in spellbinding still life photosKatie Collins<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/rockin1000-foo-fighters-video" title="Watch 1,000 people play Foo Fighters 'Learn To Fly' at once"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/1920x1280/s_v/Screen-Shot-2015-07-30-at-16.57.51.png#538155_Landscape_1-50_620_NOTFOUND" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>How much do you love the Foo Fighters? Probably not as much, it turns out, as the town of Cesena, Italy, loves the Foo Fighters.</p>
<p>In an absolutely adorable stunt, the town recently organised 1,000 drummers, guitarists, bass players and singers to come together to learn, rehearse and play the Foo's track "Learn To Fly" at once -- all in an effort to impress Dave Grohl and have him bring his band to play in the town.</p><p>By: Michael Rundle, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/rockin1000-foo-fighters-video" title="Watch 1,000 people play Foo Fighters 'Learn To Fly' at once">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/rockin1000-foo-fighters-videohttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/rockin1000-foo-fighters-video
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 17:00:17 +0100Watch 1,000 people play Foo Fighters 'Learn To Fly' at onceMichael Rundle<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-price-cut-poor-profits" title="Samsung Galaxy S6 price slashed in wake of poor profits"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/d_f/edge-2_1.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Samsung is slashing the price of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and the S6 edge after sales proved disappointing. Both phones, introduced in March 2015, showcased a new and more premium design language from Samsung, and were critically well received, but it's likely consumers found their £600+ price tags off-putting.</p>
<p>Samsung released details of its quarterly earnings for the period April-June today, which showed that the company's profits have dropped yet again for the fifth successive quarter. All in all, profit fell 8 percent year on year to 5.75 trillion won (£3.16 billion) on a sales figure of 48.5 trillion won (£26.7 billion), which was down 7 percent year on year.</p><p>By: Katie Collins, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-price-cut-poor-profits" title="Samsung Galaxy S6 price slashed in wake of poor profits">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-price-cut-poor-profitshttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-price-cut-poor-profits
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:57:00 +0100Samsung Galaxy S6 price slashed in wake of poor profitsKatie Collins<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/code-organ-transplant-software-myscalpel" title="Code 'transplant' could revolutionise programming"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/a_c/coding%20c.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Code has been automatically "transplanted" from one piece of software to another for the first time, with researchers claiming the breakthrough could radically change how computer programs are created.</p><p>By: James Temperton, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/code-organ-transplant-software-myscalpel" title="Code 'transplant' could revolutionise programming">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/code-organ-transplant-software-myscalpelhttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/code-organ-transplant-software-myscalpel
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:17:00 +0100Code 'transplant' could revolutionise programmingJames Temperton<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/tesco-self-checkout-voice" title="Tesco's self-checkout robot is becoming less 'shouty'"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/a_c/checkout.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Tesco's self-service checkout machines are about to get much less trying. </p>
<p>Thanks to feedback from customers, Tesco is implementing changes to the vocals of its checkout robots in a bid to encourage people to join the self-service line, rather than queue for the one human-operated till. </p>
<p> </p><p>By: Katie Collins, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/tesco-self-checkout-voice" title="Tesco's self-checkout robot is becoming less 'shouty'">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/tesco-self-checkout-voicehttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/tesco-self-checkout-voice
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:51:13 +0100Tesco's self-checkout robot is becoming less 'shouty'Katie Collins<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/ps4-sales-over-25-million-sold" title="Sony's PS4 dominates competition as best-selling console"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/d_f/DUALSHOCK4_033.jpg" alt="PS4" border="0"/></a><br/><p>The PlayStation 4 is doing very well. How well? Sony has revealed that its seemingly unstoppable console has now shifted a staggering 25.3m units worldwide, and its sales are only increasing.</p>
<p>The PS4 shifted roughly three million units in the three months up to the end of June. That's up from 2.7 million during the same quarter last year. That's without any significant price cuts either, though it's worth noting that, in the UK at least, retailers frequently offer very competitive console+games bundle deals and engage in ruthless undercuting tactics that other markets rarely mimic.</p><p>By: Matt Kamen, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/ps4-sales-over-25-million-sold" title="Sony's PS4 dominates competition as best-selling console">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/ps4-sales-over-25-million-soldhttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/ps4-sales-over-25-million-sold
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:18:42 +0100Sony's PS4 dominates competition as best-selling consoleMatt Kamen<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/29/windows-10-launch-how-to-download" title="Windows 10 -- here's how to download it now"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/w_z/windows%2010.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>Microsoft has launched Windows 10 in 190 countries as a free upgrade for all Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. The launch will happen in phases, with Microsoft saying the staggered roll-out will help "manage the demand".</p><p>By: James Temperton, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/29/windows-10-launch-how-to-download" title="Windows 10 -- here's how to download it now">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/29/windows-10-launch-how-to-downloadhttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/29/windows-10-launch-how-to-download
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 12:20:00 +0100Windows 10 -- here's how to download it nowJames Temperton<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/29/free-windows-10-apps-features-tools" title="Free Windows 10 features we would have happily paid for"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/a_c/2_97.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p>If the internet has taught us anything today, it's that there are lots of great things about Windows 10. Perhaps the best thing of all, however, is that it is free.</p>
<p>Windows 10 is basically a portal to free stuff -- features, applications and tools -- and you are welcome to fill your boots. Here are our favourite things -- all of which can now be yours for zero pennies.</p><p>By: Katie Collins, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/29/free-windows-10-apps-features-tools" title="Free Windows 10 features we would have happily paid for">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/29/free-windows-10-apps-features-toolshttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/29/free-windows-10-apps-features-tools
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:44:00 +0100Free Windows 10 features we would have happily paid forKatie Collins<a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/nasa-is-crashing-planes-to-test-emergency-beacons" title="Watch Nasa fly a plane into the ground...for safety"><img src="http://cdni.wired.co.uk/620x413/o_r/plane_5.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><p class="p1">This is what it looks like when Nasa purposefully pummels a plane into the ground from 100 feet in the air.</p>
<p class="p1">Although commercial jets reach heights of up to 39,000 feet on average, and even this four-seat, single-engine Cessna 172 used by Nasa reaches 13,000 feet, the point of this experiment was not the height: it was the emergency locator transmitter (ELT) onboard.</p><p>By: Liat Clark, </p><a href="/news/archive/2015-07/30/nasa-is-crashing-planes-to-test-emergency-beacons" title="Watch Nasa fly a plane into the ground...for safety">Continue reading...</a>http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/nasa-is-crashing-planes-to-test-emergency-beaconshttp://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-07/30/nasa-is-crashing-planes-to-test-emergency-beacons
Thu, 30 Jul 2015 11:15:00 +0100Watch Nasa fly a plane into the ground...for safetyLiat ClarkSun, 02 Aug 2015 22:18:10 +0100http://www.wired.co.uk
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